Badulla electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Badulla in Badulla District, Uva Province. The Badulla electoral district was one of five multi-member constituencies, with two members, the others were Ambalangoda-Balapitiya, Balangoda, Colombo Central and Kadugannawa.

The 1978 Constitution of Sri Lanka introduced the proportional representation electoral system for electing members of Parliament. The existing 160 mainly single-member electoral districts were replaced with 22 multi-member electoral districts. Badulla electoral district was replaced by the Badulla multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the proportional representation system, though Badulla continues to be a polling division of the multi-member electoral district.

Members of Parliament Key

ElectionMember 1PartyTermMember 2PartyTerm 1947 S. M. Subbaiah CIC 1947 - 1952 J. C. T. Kotelawala LSSP 1947 - 1952 1952J. C. T. KotelawalaLSSP1952 - 1960S. A. Peeris1952 - 1960 1956 UNP 1960 (March)B. H. BandaraSLFP1960 - 1977 1960 (July) 1965 1970 1977 D. Vincent Perera UNP 1977 - 1989

Elections

1947 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 1st parliamentary election held between 23 August 1947 and 20 September 1947:

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%S. M. Subbaiah Ceylon Indian Congress Cartwheel 27,121 50.22J. C. T. Kotelawala Lanka Sama Samaja Party Hand 16,654 30.84G. B. Katugaha Elephant 6,585 12.19V. Gnanapandithan Scales 1,319 2.44Valid Votes51,67995.69Rejected Votes2,326 4.31Total Polled54,005 100.00Registered Electors43,396 Turnout124.45

1952 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 2nd parliamentary election held between 24 May 1952 and 30 May 1952:

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%J. C. T. Kotelawala Lanka Sama Samaja Party Hand 12,450 31.32S. A. Peeris Wheel 12,047 30.31S. B. Ekanayake Pineapple 6,559 16.50M. L. Packir Saibo Key 3,405 8.56T. D. Alexander Star 2,640 6.64K. B. H. Adhikaritilaka Lamp 781 1.96Valid Votes37,88295.29Rejected Votes 1,871 4.71Total Polled 39,753 100.00Registered Electors 28,151 Turnout 1.41

1956 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 3rd parliamentary election held between 5 April 1956 and 10 April 1956:

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%J. C. T. Kotelawala Lanka Sama Samaja Party Key 20,908 46.35S. A. Peeris United National Party Elephant 14,724 32.64S. B. Ekanayake Umbrella 6,736 14.93K. D. Sugathadasa Cartwheel 1,301 2.88Valid Votes43,66996.82Rejected Votes 1,435 3.18Total Polled 45,104 100.00Registered Electors 35,607 Turnout 1.27

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election Results of the 4th parliamentary election held on 19 March 1960:

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%B. H. Bandara United National Party Hand 4,775 37.02J. C. T. Kotelawala Lanka Sama Samaja Party Key 4,499 34.88Liliyan Peiris Sri Lanka Freedom Party Elephant 3,549 27.51Valid Votes12,82399.40Rejected Votes 77 0.60Total Polled 12,900 100.00Registered Electors 16,564 Turnout 77.88

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election Results of the 5th parliamentary election held on 20 July 1960:

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%B. H. Bandara Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 6,545 53.23Stanley H. Abeysekera United National Party Elephant 5,674 46.15Valid Votes12,21999.38Rejected Votes 76 0.62Total Polled 12,295 100.00Registered Electors 16,564 Turnout 74.23

1965 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 6th parliamentary election held on 22 March 1965:

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%B. H. Bandara Hand 9,358 52.31H. M. Jinadasa Elephant 8,107 45.32Percy Wijekoon Aeroplane 356 1.99Valid Votes17,82199.63Rejected Votes 67 0.37Total Polled 17,888 Registered Electors 21,630 Turnout 82.70

1970 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 7th parliamentary election held on 27 May 1970:

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%B. H. Bandara Hand 12,288 58.27J. Hennayake Elephant 8,700 41.25Valid Votes20,98899.52Rejected Votes 101 0.48Total Polled 21,089 100.00Registered Electors 25,411 Turnout 82.99

1977 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 8th parliamentary election held on 21 July 1977:

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%D. Vincent Perera Sri Lanka Freedom Party Elephant 10,490 55.90B. H. Bandara United National Party Hand 6,784 36.15Charles Senanayake Key 1,320 7.03T. S. Miskin Lamp 103 0.55Valid Votes18,69799.63Rejected Votes 70 0.37Total Polled 18,767 100.00Registered Electors 22,315 Turnout 84.10

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